Proverbs 5:15:2Prov.5.15.W2TAB
מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ
miborekha
“from your cistern”
- Transliteration
- mi-BO-re-kha
- Extended
- mih-BOH-reh-khah
- IPA
- /mib.boːˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from your cistern
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BO-re-kha
- clause
she-TE-MA-yim mi-BO-re-kha
- sentence
she-TE-MA-yim mi-BO-re-kha ve-NO-ze-lim mi-TOKH be-E-re-kha
Exegesis
The direct object mayim {מַיִם | ma-yim} ‘water’ is specified by the prepositional phrase miborekha {מִבּוֹרֶךָ | mib-bō-re-ḵā} ‘from your cistern’, establishing personal ownership.
In context — Proverbs 5:15
Drink water from your cistern and flowing streams from within your well .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 5:15, so the Hebrew word מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ (miborekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.5.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.15.W2.S1) and character.